May 18, 2009 - Metso said that it will supply Phoenix Pulp & Paper Public Company in Thailand with a recovery boiler to the company's pulp and paper mill in the Khon Kaen province located in the north east part of Thailand.

The value of the order is under $20 million, Metso said.

The new recovery boiler is part of Phoenix pulp and paper mill modernization project and replaces the mill's existing recovery boiler from 1981.

The new boiler for black liquor burning is rated at 600 tons of dry solids per day and designed for the future capacity of 750 t ds/day.

Start-up of the boiler is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2010.

Phoenix Pulp & Paper Public Company Limited produces market grade bleached kraft pulp with annual capacity of about 230,000 tonnes. The company is an affiliate to Siam Cement Group (SCG) Paper, which is the largest integrated producer of paper products in Thailand and a part of Siam Cement Group.